A young Kenyan mother has named her newborn twin sons after the U.S. president-elect and his defeated Republican challenger.
Millicent Owuor, 20, gave birth to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Wednesday at the Siaya District Hospital in southwest Kenya.
Owuor told the Kenyan news outlet her sons' names will always remind her of the election in the United States.
The hospital is near the village of Kogelo, where President Barack Obama's father was born and where his 90-year-old stepgrandmother, Sarah Obama, resides.
Jubilant residents in Kogelo cheered Obama's victory as results from the United States were reported.
Shouts of "Hail our Kogelo son" and "Obama is coming, open the road for him" rang through the air as locals blew vuvuzela horns in celebration."If Obama did not win, I believe most projects here would stall," Joseph Onyango told the Kenyan media outlet.
Kenyans hope Obama's re-election will harken a fresh start for a U.S. relationship with Kenya.
If Obama does visit Kenya, maybe baby Barack can meet his namesake and baby Mitt meet the U.S. president.
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